Evansville for Change

Dear Group, Evansville For Change is hosting a meet & greet with some of our local candidates.  Take this opportunity to become familiar with the candidates and their views and to ask questions about issues that are important to you. The following candidates have been invited: Sheriff Eric Williams;  Commissioner Troy Tornatta;  County Prosecutor Stan [...]

Senator Evan Bayh and Congressman Brad Ellsworth need to know that Southern Indiana supports the President’s plan for health care reform! One of the most effective things we can do in order to convey our support is to write personal letters to our Congressman. One of the biggest factors that influence how a Senator or [...]

President Obama spoke these words just a few days ago, as he described the tough battle ahead in providing quality, affordable, health care for all.  He needs us NOW.   We’ve beaten the money machines.  We’ve beaten the skeptics.  We’ve beaten those who said it couldn’t be done.  We’ve done it before, and we will [...]

Join us at the orchard as we call on Senators Bayh and Lugar and Representative Ellsworth to support comprehensive healthcare reform that includes a public health insurance option. Thursday, July 2 11:00 am Central Time Engelbrecht’s Orchard 600 Christ Road, Evansville, In Driving directions:  From US-41, go West on St. George Rd, then follow signs [...]

Service Projects on June 27th: Assist ECHO with move or cleanup at Caldwell Park. Economy Taskforce: 1. Will work with Rep Gail Riecken when Legislative Session is over on ways to improve access to State services. 2. Continue Monitoring State Budget in particular the cuts proposed by Gov in education.

CHANGE THAT WORKS WILL BE HOSTING A FREE “LEADERSHIP TRAINING” ON JUNE 20, 2009. THIS WILL BE  IN-DEPTH TRAINING TO ENHANCE YOUR ACTIVIST SKILLS, SO BE PREPARED TO STAY APPROX. 4 HOURS.  TRAINING IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 10:00 AM TIL 2:00PM. LOCATION WILL BE:  McCOLLOUGH LIBRARY, 5115 WASHINGTON AVE., EVANSVILLE, IN. CONTACT:  ANDREW KATZ….812-431-1717

My name is Nick Buis, and I’m the new Indiana State Director for Organizing for America. Since Inauguration Day, Organizing for America has been dedicated to making real the change we fought for during the election. But to be successful, we need to hear from you — your effort and commitment are the backbone of [...]

The Community Service committee met this evening. The notes are on the website, under the tab “notes” if you’d like to take a look at what we are up to. Exciting stuff! Perhaps one of the biggest decisions made is what our April service project will be. We will be participating in the Glenwood Neighborhood [...]

TO CHECK OUT THE PROGRESS WE MADE AT THIS MEETING AND HOW YOU CAN BECOME INVOLVED CHECK OUT THE NOTES PAGE ON THE WEBSITE Remember… the next Evansville for Change meeting is 1-3pm on April 18th at Oaklyn Library. This meeting will focus on how we can create a structure to make ourselves heard and [...]

Perry County United for Change will sponsor its first service project: a rehab of Tell City’s popular playground at Joe Schaefer Park. The event will begin at 7am Saturday, May 2 and will continue until the work is finished.

Join the The John F. Kennedy Club’s Community Service Corps to tackle Tepe Park for the Great American Cleanup .  The original date of Saturday March 28 was rained out and has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 4th. The clean up is scheduled for 9am-noon, and participants should gather around 8:45am. The JFK Club’s mission is to carry [...]

INDIANA’S 8th DISTRICT ~ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN-08) CALL: 202-225-4636 SENATE Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) CALL: 202-224-4814 Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) CALL: 202-224-5623 Example Script for Your Calls Hello, my name is __________ and I’m calling you from __________ (city or town). I’m calling today because we are in the grips of the [...]

Introductions (22 people in attendance)   Agenda Review   Reports ·         Local Task Force o   Report (4 people) §  Glennwood Neighborhood Project §   Gang Violence o   New members §   Rick Brant §   Conner Agnew §  Laurel Rold o   Action Proposed §  none     ·         State Task Force o   Report (4 members) §   Meet your legislature [...]

Please attend our next meeting on Saturday, March 21 from 1-3 pm at Evansville’s Central Library. The election was ours, but the work has just begun, and we need YOU. At our February meeting, we divided into task forces, or teams, to continue to work toward change at the local, state, and national levels, and [...]